Gruyere cheese Gru"y[`e]re` cheese"
A kind of cheese made at Gruy[`e]re, Switzerland. It is a
firm cheese containingnumerous cells, and is known in the
United States as {Schweitzerk["a]se}.
[1913 Webster]

Gruyere — can refer to one of several things:* Gruyère (cheese), a variety of cheese * Gruyère (district), a district of the Canton of Fribourg, in Switzerland * Gruyere, Victoria, a town in the Yarra Valley wine region east of Melbourne, Australia … Wikipedia